Score!

Last night I went to a "goodie exchange" with some gals in my ward and it was a blast!!  Dave and Harry got to hang out for a while while I was there.  Everyone brought a treat to share, and then some to exchange in the white elephant exchange.  I had been baking up a storm trying to find a great treat to take!  First I tried cocoa sweet rolls (pretty good, but not what I expected from the recipe), then I thought, what about ableskivers?  So I tried a batch, attempting to put jam or cream cheese in the middle, which didn't quite work right, but I did end up making another huge batch of normal ableskivers and coated some with cinnamon and sugar and some with powdered sugar.  They were a hit!  Most people just called them doughnuts, which is okay, because that's pretty much what they tasted like.  The ableskiver pan makes them so easy to make (thank you Jordan and Crystal!).  There were sooo many yummy things to eat there, wow.  Lots of talented cooks!  It was quite the spread- mint fudge, mini strawberry cheesecakes, decorated sugar cookies, key lime pie, no-bake cookies, fruit tray, veggie tray, chocolate satin mint cake, peppermint cookie sandwiches, my ableskivers....it was yummy and impressive too!  Then we had the "white elephant" part and I was so lucky and I got probably the best treat there-CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES!!  (AND RASBERRIES!!)  (In the middle of DECEMBER-and they were nice and red inside too!)  It also came in a cute Christmas bucket.  I definitely scored.  Dave was happy to see what I brought home, too!

My lovely goodies

This is what an ableskiver pan looks like-it's cast iron.  Crystal introduced us to these yummy creations whilst we were all unmarried but dating out future husbands, then they gave us this pan for our wedding.    

Here's our sweet boy....It's hard for me to do a blog without pictures of Harry :)  You can see his hair growing out a little bit.  Look for an upcoming blog from Dave about something he learned while I was at the party.

Harry and Daddy just hanging out.